Phil Collins has long passed his prime of popularity, but the news of his retirement is meaningful to me. After his initial stint as lead vocalist for Genesis, he shocked the radio airwaves with In the Air Tonight. He did so by bringing drums to the forefront of a song, in a way that hadn’t [...]
Tagged chester thompson, la times, robert plantA good friend and bandmate sent me this video from DrumChannel.com. My friend went to school with Dave Elitch and had the privelige of playing in a band with him, while both were in school in LA. I’m told that my bandmate was invited to join a band with Elitch, but was faced with moving to [...]
Tagged dave elitch, drumchannel.com, terry bozio, the mars voltaWhenever Animal makes a move, this blog tries to follow. The Muppets are seen below in a surprise rooftop spoof performance that took place in Brighton. In a performance that apparently took onlookers by surprise, Animal, Kermit and company cover LCD Soundsystem’s Dance Yrself Clean. If you’ve not heard the tune before, this is a [...]
Tagged animal, kermit, lcd soundsystem, muppetsThis guy is a well known rock drummer, admired by many. I admire his choice in publicist. This pic first caught my eye, then I see he’s allegedly dating Rihanna. I see Travis Barker in the news every week. Granted, he’s not making world news headlines, he is a headliner in entertainment, music and drum [...]
Tagged blink, dj whoo, rihanna, travis barkerWhile it’s not a first, it may be a first by a rock drummer. Former RATT drummer Bobby Blotzer, is according to BlabberMouth.net, launching a new informational book series that will include interaction from readers. I wonder if the any subject on anything model is an approach that will work for Blotzer, but otherwise love [...]
Tagged BlabberMouth.net, Bobby Blotzer, RATT, Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert KiyosakiA buddy of mine told me about this great drum teacher he’d found through San Jose Pro Drum. That drum teacher turned out to be the insanely talented Wally Schnalle. I had a recent opportunity to see Wally perform at a drum clinic, sponsored by Drum Magazine and San Jose Pro Drum, which also featured [...]
Tagged drummagazine.comIn a Rolling Stone story by David Fricke, Win Butler describes the moment he knew that his band Arcade Fire was special and destined for greatness. In 2003…Butler was driving up to La Sala Rossa, a hip Montreal venue where Arcade Fire had a gig. “There was a line around the block,” Butler, 30, recalls. [...]
Tagged Arcade Fire, David Fricke, GrammysThis post is dedicated to my drummer friend George Brandau. He’s hands down the most righteous of blues bucket drummers. I told him he should purchase this URL (georgebrandau.com), but he delayed. Though he’s the best of friends, he will pay dearly. You can catch the real George with his blues trio Chrome Deluxe, typically [...]
Tagged billy davis, bucket drummers, chrome deluxeIn my search today for something new and interesting in the world of drum sites, I discovered DrumSoloArtist.com. It ain’t pretty, but neither is my favorite genre of drumming. My favorite section of the site is as you might expect…the Drum Solos page. Among the solos that I viewed today were Benny Greb and Buddy [...]
Tagged benny greb, buddy rich, drum forum, drum news, drum site, drum solo, drum solo video, drum technique, drumsoloartist.comToday, the world of rock music and entertainment was shocked by the death of Jimi Hendrix Experience drummer Mitch Mitchell. Although saddened by the news, his death brings back great memories from my earliest days of drumming. Along with John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell was one of my earliest influences. At the time, I had no [...]
Tagged axis bold as love, fusion drumming, hendrix drummer, jimi hendrix drummer, jimi hendrix experience, mitch mitchellMuch has been said about Ringo Starr’s recent announcement that he’s no longer signing autographs. He’s apparently got too much on his plate. Many of our readers know I’m a fan of Ringo’s work, so it will come as no surprise that I forgive him for his curt statements, which were prefaced with his usual [...]
Tagged beatle, ringo autographs, ringo starr, ringo starr autograph video, ringo's all-starr tourAnd the drummer is… As best I can tell, the man on drums for the new Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul is Chris Sharrock. No, wait! It’s Zak Starkey. Thanks to one of our readers, I’ve been corrected. The winner was Zak Starkey. Today, information is flowing on the new album and I’ve been [...]
Tagged chris sharrock, dig out your sould drummer, new oasis album, oasis drummer